Re: poll ideas quest 2011

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My favorite silent English letter is:

a as in aisle
b as in subpoena
c as in muscle
d as in badge
e as in pie
f as in halfpenny
g as in foreign
h as in hour
i as in business
j as in hajj
k as in know
l as in would
m as in mnemonic
n as in autumn
o as in opossum
p as in pneumonia
q as in lacquer
r as in surprise
s as in island
t as in depot
u as in build
v as in revving
w as in wrong
x as in faux
y as in they're
z as in rendezvous

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Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Dec 15, 2011 at 18:10 UTC
Hello, my name is Ghot: (Gh as in though, O as in people, T as in listen ). My fav English sound is ough: awe: thought, bought, fought, brought, ought, sought, nought, wrought uff: enough, rough, tough, slough, Clough, chough ooh: through, slough oh: though, although, dough, doughnut, broughm, Ough, furlough, Greenough, thorough off: cough, trough ow: bough, plough, sough ou: drought, doughty, Stoughton uh: Scarborough, borough, thorough (alt), thoroughbred, Macdonough, Poughkeepsie up: hiccoughed oth: trough (alt) ock: lough, hough och (aspirated): lough ahf: Gough og: Coughlin (also 5) Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]
Re^3: poll ideas quest 2011 by chacham (Prior) on Dec 15, 2011 at 20:24 UTC
9, alternate spelling, same with 11, nice, didn't know that. 13 and 14 are proper nouns. That shouldn't count. :) Howsabout a poll for Ghotis, that is, words where over 50% of the word is pronounced differently than they are spelled, for example: colonel	[reply]
Re^4: poll ideas quest 2011 by Tux (Canon) on Dec 16, 2011 at 09:14 UTC
For more spelling and pronunciation fun see here. Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn	[reply]

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